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Kennedy's Election Tops List of Year's 10 Biggest News Stones
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16.' 1960
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U2 Incident
Summit Failure
Ranked Number 2
New York - IUPD - Sen.. John
F. Kennedy's election as the
first Roman Catholic Presi
dent of the United States top
ped this year's list of 10 big
gest stories, announced by
United Press International.
No. 2 of the "ten biggest
news stories of 1960" - select
ed by UPI editors of the Unit
ed btates and Canada - was
the downing of the U2 spy
plane by Russia and its after
math in the summit collapse
and trial and sentencing of
pilot Francis Gary Powers.
Two stories tied for third
place: The 15th session of the
United Nations General As
sembly attended by Khru
shchev, Castro, Nasser and
other heads of state; and the
gaining of sovereignty by the
Congo, setting off a wave of
violence.
List of Selections
The "10 biggest" list fol
lows: I
1. Kennedy's election.
2. U2 incident and after
math; summit collapse and
Powers trial.
3. (tie) 15th session of Uni
ted Nations General Assem
bly, and The Congo.
5. Cuba.
6. Japan cancel's Ike's visit,
7. Caryl Chessman execut
ed.
8. Negro sit-ins.
9. Hurricane Donna.
10. Pirates win World Scries.
In choices after the first 10,
the editors, representing hun
dreds of UPI subscribing
newspapers, balloted a tie for
Hth - Princess Margaret's
wedding and the Chilean
earthquakes.
The firing of a Polaris mis
sile from a submerged sub
marine by the United States
was 13th; Russian-Chinese dis
agreement on co existence
policy was 14th, and the cap
ture and holding for trial by
Israel of Nazi executioner
Adolf Eichmann was 15th.
TOP NEWS STORY-Scn. John F. Kennedy's election as
the first Roman Catholic president of the United States
topped UPI's list of the 10 biggest news stories of 1960.
Kennedy, right, lays down congratulatory telegrams as
members of his family watch at the armory in Hyannis,
Mass., following his election. From left are Kennedy's
brother, Bob; his father, Joseph Kennedy; R. SargSnt
Shriver, his brother-in-law, and his mother, Mrs. Rose
Kennedy. .
(UPI Telephoto)
218 EAST MAIN
Medicare Proposal
Gets Endorsement
Salem The Medicare pro
gram proposed by Gov. Mark
Hatfield's advisory committee
on medicare won the endorse
ment "in principle" Thursday
of the Legislative Interim
committee on Public Welfare.
Seven of the eight commit
tee members approved it and
Rep. Ed Benedict, (D-Port-
Iand) abstained saying he
wanted to study it further.
Much of the committee's
discussion centered on extent
of coverage under the pro
posed $13 million program.
Joseph Harvey Jr. of Port
land, chairman of the advisory
committee, said the proposed
program would provide less
than the comprehensive med
ical coverage that those on
old age assistance now re
ceive. Under federal law, med-
icar recipients must be in
eligible for welfare.
In other action the interim
committee approved a bill au
thorizing the State Public
weitare commission to pay
travel expenses of county wel
fare commissioners to attend
meetings called by- the state
agency.
Final Returns Show
Kennedy Victorious
By 112,494 Votes
Washington-fUPIl-Final offi- The Democrat won hv the
cial returns from all 50 states I cIose5t popular vo(e in
states showed that Sen. John .... ,.' ,, . 6
F. Kennedy defeated Rich
ard M. Nixon for the presi
dency by one of the narrowest
margins in history-112,494
votes.
Certification of Rhode Is
land's vote today completed
the tabulation. The official re
sult there gave Kennedy 258,
032; Nixon 147,502.
Official Results
Here is the' United Press
International tabulation based
on official results of the
states: Kennedy - 34,233,808
(49.707 per cent).
Nixon - 34,121,314 (40.544
per cent).
Others-305,658 (0.734 per
cent).
Total-68,860,780.
R.cnnetiy had 50.082 per
cent of the 68,355,122 two
party vote while Nixon had
48.918 per cent, a record low
difference of 1.64 per cent.
since 1888. That year Grover
Cleveland oulpolled Benjamin
Harrison by 90,728 popular
votes but lost because Harri
son got a majority of the
electoral votes.
300 Electoral Votes
Kennedy won 300 electoral
voles and Nixon 223. Fourteen
unpledged electors in Missis
sippi and Alabama said they
would vote for Sen. Harry F.
Byrd, - D.- Va. The electoral
votes in each state will be
announced Monday.
The Repubilican-dominated
Illinois election board Wednes
day unanimously certified
Kennedy's victory in that
state despite GOP claims of
vote irregularities.
Republican Gov. William
Straton proclaimed the tally
orticiai although he said "con
siderable irregularities" were
shown.
Western Research
Center Suggested
Salem-IUPD-Economic advi
sors to 13 western governors
have recommended establish
ment of a Western Research
Center to coordinate and com
pile research information for
economic development in the
Western U. S.
Delegates from 11 of the
states were represented at a
meeting here. California and
New Mexico were not repre
sented. This recommendation and
others will go to.Gov. Mark
Hatfield, chairman of th
Western Governors committee
on Economic Development,
and he will make his report
to the committee of governors
which includes Oregon. Cali-
lornia, Washington. Hawaii
and Alaska.
The research center wnnlH
be located at a college or uni
versity in the west but no
sue was recommended.
Other recommendations:
-A regional approach to the
west's tourist potential.
-lireater return of mineral
revenues by the Federal gov
ernment to the states.
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LOIN ROASTS
WHOLE Or HALF
Soviet Subs Said
To Outnumber
Pre-War Germany
London The Soviet Union
has amassed more than five
times the number of subma
rines with which Nazi Ger
many almost cut the Allied
supply lines across the At
lantic in World War II, ac
cording to the authoritative
Jane's Fighting Ships.
Janes said the Russians now
had more submarines than all
of the rest of the world put
together including half a doz
en atomic submarines built
or building and six missile
firing submarines. It put to
tal strength at between 450
and 500.
Could Sweep Seas
The new edition of Jane's
said the Russians based their
strategy on belief that should
war come they could sweep
the seas clear of shipping and
starve America's NATO al
lies into submission-a feat
Adolph Hitler almost accom
plished. Editor Raymond Blackman,
in a foreword to the 63rd
edition published today said
the Just over 100 Nazi sub
marines in the last war were
"enough to bring the United
Kingdom to the brink of star
vation, not only as regards
food but as regards the vital
raw materials necessary to
prosecute the war."
U. S. Pledges Backing Of Pro-Westerners
Washington-UPD-The United j port to the new pro-Western
States has pledged full sup- government of Laos against
any aggression by its Com
munist neighbors. It also
charged the Reds with a "long
history of subversion" in Laos.
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line of about 300 miles.
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